Some days (today included) I just do not want to paint (also note: here I am writing instead of painting), but I'm here next to my easel. I've shown up and that is half the battle. An artist creates art, and if I'm not painting because I just don't feel like it, well, that is no excuse at all! Some fellow artists have recently written to me asking for advice on painting, a golden rule that every painter MUST know. Well, it's not any genius wisdom that I can give out myself but I can borrow the words of a master to pass along a very important thing to keep in mind:
"If you feel as though you can not paint, you should simply paint, and that voice within will be silenced"
-Van Gogh
That sounds simple enough. After I get out the paint, the resistance does just seem to melt away. Here it goes...
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